Defense attacks credibility of witness shot in head in Mattapan Massacre

Marcus Hurd grilled by defense

The lone survivor of the 2010 Mattapan Massacre recounted the moment he realized he was shot in the head, as testimony wrapped up in the retrial of suspect Dwayne Moore.

Marcus Hurd told a Suffolk Superior Court jury Monday he never thought he would end up confined to a wheelchair after taking a bullet the night Moore allegedly shot and killed four people.

With tears streaming down his face, Hurd appeared angry at times, telling Moore’s defense attorney that he may have forgotten some statements made in the previous trial, but chalked it up to the trauma suffered in the shooting.

“You expect me to remember everything? You want me to remember everything that happened two years ago? Can you remember everything that happened two years ago to you?,” said Hurd to attorney John Amabile. "There’s no other way you can convince me to think something different. Maybe I stumbled on my words."

Amabile, who spent nearly 90 minutes in the cross-examination phase, recited numerous charges Hurd pleaded guilty to over the years. Hurd, under oath, was forced to admit he had been involved in the crimes.

There was speculation Moore might be called to testify on his own behalf, but it never happened.

During several instances, Hurd and Amabile spoke over each other, leading Judge Jeffrey Locke to order Hurd to wait for questioning to finish before he spoke.

Both sides rested their cases on Monday.

Closing arguments are set to begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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